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Tag: Random

August 9, 2014

Have You Ever…?

by pyrad
Categories: General Running and/or Fitness
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Last week, I went to my local Running Room and met up with a 10k Clinic for a 6k group run. I hadn’t been there much in the last few months so my notoriety and reputation have thankfully diminished somewhat. That’s a fancy way of saying there are some new faces there that don’t know me. A group of about 8 of us went out for the run. I wound up leading for most of the run at a pace I though was comfortable. After the run we did our usual high fives and light stretching on the curb outside[…continue reading]



July 21, 2014

Lawson Craddock on a podium

Different Motivation…

by pyrad
Categories: Non-Running
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I don’t follow professional cycling at all. But a former classmate and facebook friend does. He posted this article about Lawson Craddock and Chad Haga were doing well at the UCI WorldTour. I know nothing about these athletes, but something in the accompanying photo caught my eye. Do you see it? Let me zoom in a bit. The podium Girls left a mark! Maybe I should buy a bike. I guess I’m in the wrong sport… 😉   On a serious note, I see that many fellow running bloggers Nicole, Henry, Mari, Lisa, Irina, Sam, Emma, Nadiya, Alice, Hong, and even Patty are active[…continue reading]



July 3, 2014

Video Game Hiatus

by pyrad
Categories: Geeky, Non-Running
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It’s been a rather long time since I touched a video game. I had gaming withdrawal before, but not this time. This is probably a good thing, but it’s still a big surprise to me. When I was younger, I would game quite regularly. It was part of me growing up. The NES, SNES, N64 and such were prominent fixtures for me. I have a Wii and PS3 collecting dust now. I’ve had some recent favourites like the Mass Effect Series and had a Pokemon relapse last October. When I passed my PMP in February I got a PS3 Game called “Warhammer[…continue reading]